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Amazon agrees to pay $5.8 million to resolve US FTC claims over handling of Ring video data

( May 31, 2023, 19:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon has agreed to a $5.8 million settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that its Ring security unit did not properly handle customers’ video data by failing to limit employees’ access and by failing to implement basic protections, enabling hackers to take control of consumers’ accounts, cameras, and videos. “As a result of this dangerously overbroad access and lax attitude toward privacy and security, employees and third-party contractors were able to view, download, and transfer customers’ sensitive video data for their own purposes,” the FTC said.Statement and documents follow below:...

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